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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Sub-1 hour 10K??

Note the dead palm tree out in front of my house....when the cold is finally gone those dead leaves are coming off!!

I think I might have a sub-1 hour 10K in me....

So I am putting it out there for this weekend's Winter Park Road Race.

Unless something unusual happens, I will PR this weekend (current PR is 1:03:57).

If I have a really good day, I think I can bust 1 hour. That is a 9:39 min/mi pace which I think I can maintain. That is, as long as I don't use my usual 10K strategy, which from the comments on Shirley's blog, a number of other folks use. It's the "go out too hard and try to survive" approach to 10Ks. What I really want to do is go out easier, negative split, and finish strong. I do it on my 5 milers all the time, so this should be a no brainer.

I just need to watch the start....I think I will focus on mental training for the rest of this week! :-)

Wish you the best, but guess what if doesn't happen? You are still there. That is my goal also for this year, but I don't want to sweat it. My PR is shy of the goal for 32 seconds.

Thanks again for the amazing run last weekend. I got to the conclusion I need a running partner. I went for a 10 mile and I am glad you did all the talking. I couldn't keep up with you. What was tremendously interesting was that I heard you so close, and many times I turned my head because I thought there was a truck or motorcycle by me (man, you run in a busy place!!). Also I was so thirsty while you were drinking water. I didn't take water w/me, and I could feel your satisfaction. At one point when you were drinking I was running just by a guy that was cleaning his garage with a hose. I was very close to ask him permission to drink water! It was contagious... Thanks AGAIN, big time. I appreciate the gift.

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I'm a 54 year-young woman turned runner over the past 14 years and marathoner over the past 10 years. Married almost 27 years to my best friend, mom to two incredible girls, I juggle a full-time career in engineering, everyday family stuff and running.